# Incident 20040814020209I: Piper PA28161, Minneapolis, MN, August 14, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2004, 10:35 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2240G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2240G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040814020209I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE PERFORMING SOFT FIELD LANDINGS AT WINSTED (K10D) AIRPORT. AFTER STUDENTS' SECOND SOFT FIELD TAKE-OFF, AN OBSERVER ON GROUND CAME ON THE CTAF AND TOLD PILOTS SOMETHING FELL OFF THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER THE PART WAS RETRIEVED, OBSERVER REPORTED THE NOSE WHEEL CAME OFF. PILOTS NOTED LEFT FLAP DAMAGE AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO FLYING CLOUD (KFCM) AIRPORT WITH FLAPS STILL SET IN TAKE-OFF POSITION TO PERFORM EMERGENCY LANDING. PILOTS COORDINATED A FLY-BY AT KFCM TOWER SO THUNDERBIRD MAINTENANCE COULD TAKE A LOOK. MAINTENANCE REPORTED IT WAS THE LEFT HAND MAIN GEAR MISSING. PILOTS CIRCLED NORTH OF FIELD TO ALLOW EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TO ARRIVE. PILOT LANDED, REMAINING ON RUNWAY 28R WITHOUT INCIDENT, NO FIRE, NO INJURIES, MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT LEFT HAND FLAP, LEFT HAND LANDING GEAR LOWER TORQUE LINK, AND STRUT FAIRING.

## Other reports on N2240G (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20191122022639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191122022639I), Nov 22, 2019: Piper PA-28-161 (N2240G), Hanover, MN, Minor damage. The aircraft was in the practice area about 50 NM from kmic. It had been flying 1.4 hrs. The student was not feeling good so the return to base began at 4000…
- [Incident 19850501040909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850501040909I), May 1, 1985: Piper PA28161 (N2240G), Crystal, MN, Minor damage. After clearing active runway, engine quit. Fire in engine compartment with restart attempt.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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